Halloween becomes an annual major event across France. Theme parks like Disneyland Paris, Parc Astérix, and Futuroscope create special environments with seasonal decorations, themed shows, and attractions suitable for all ages. Families can enjoy special menus in restaurants and meet costumed characters that animate the walkways. Cultural heritage sites also participate by organizing night visits. The Paris Catacombs reveal their underground history through guided tours after dark. The Château de Combourg welcomes visitors to its medieval halls with historical stories, while the Citadel of Bitche transforms its military galleries into theatrical settings. Museums also join the festivities: the Rodin Museum highlights its Gates of Hell with sound and visual effects. Natural sites like the Balme Caves host thematic exhibitions, and even the Thoiry Zoo invites visitors to observe animals during specially arranged evening events.
Coupvray, Île-de-France
The park installs Halloween decorations with pumpkins and cobwebs in the streets and attractions. Employees dress up as fantastic characters and present parades.
Paris, France
The Rodin Museum organizes a night visit during Halloween around the Gates of Hell sculpture. This event features a staging with lighting effects and an appropriate musical accompaniment that presents Auguste Rodin's monumental work in a new context.
Paris, France
The Catacombs of Paris extend over 300 kilometers beneath the city and house the remains of approximately six million people. Since the late 18th century, the overcrowded cemeteries of the capital were relocated here. During night tours, guides recount historical events and the creation of these underground sites while visitors walk through galleries displaying artfully arranged bones and skulls.
Plailly, Hauts-de-France
The park transforms its spaces with Halloween elements and presents shows themed around fright. Restaurants create special menus.
La Balme-les-Grottes, France
The natural caves feature a thematic exhibition on ancient Egyptian beliefs and rituals during Halloween.
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France
The theme park stages animations and thematic circuits around Halloween, designed to entertain parents and children.
Bitche, France
The military fortress sets up its underground galleries for Halloween tours with scenes and actors.
Paris, France
This theatrical installation offers an escape game experience from a 19th-century mansion featuring actors.
Combourg, France
The medieval castle offers night tours in its historical architecture with traditional regional tales.
Thoiry, France
Visitors discover animals in a special route during Halloween evenings, with thematic setups throughout the zoo.
Lichtenberg, France
The walls of this medieval fortress host knight combats and historical performances during Halloween celebrations.
Paimpont, France
Brocéliande Forest is closely linked to the legends of King Arthur. During nocturnal guided tours, storytellers recount the adventures of the Knights of the Round Table, the wizard Merlin, and the Celtic traditions that have shaped this Breton forest for centuries, giving it a distinctive mythological significance.
Queaux, France
Guides conduct night tours in this medieval castle, recounting its past and paranormal occurrences witnessed within its rooms.
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, France
The medieval site presents night shows based on the legend of a ghost horse appearing in the fortified remains.
Paris, France
This historic building features performances with actors portraying figures from Parisian history in detailed settings.
Lisors, France
Visitors explore the park of this abbey founded in the 12th century with stories of ghosts and unexplained events recorded.
Gargas, France
The luxury hotel hosts Halloween animations in its historical cellars with a riddle trail followed by a thematic meal.
Aude, France
This church built in the 19th century contains secret codes and symbols related to Abbé Saunière's treasure hunts.
Brissac-Quincé, France
This castle, the tallest in France, is known for the legend of the Green Lady, a woman murdered in the 15th century who appears in the corridors.
Versailles, France
These classical gardens and Marie-Antoinette's theater allow for night visits where stories of the French court are told.
Les Avenières, France
The amusement park features costumed characters, dark routes, and special animations throughout October.
Charbonnières-les-Sapins, France
The dinosaur park installs autumnal decorations, organizes games for children, and creates thematic areas for Halloween.
Saint-Brice-en-Coglès, France
The estate hosts magic workshops, potion classes, and challenges for children within its school of wizards.
Lémeré, France
Visitors explore the castle rooms and gardens decorated with pumpkins and lanterns, participating in medieval games.
Saint-Aignan, France
The zoo offers nighttime tours with thematic activities and special moments with the animals during Halloween.
Dolancourt, France
The amusement park's pathways are adorned with costumed characters, illuminated pumpkin decorations, and themed Halloween shows.
Ermenonville, France
The amusement park uses its Wild West backdrop to create shows with ghosts and monsters from October 15 to 31.
Paris, France
The former prison displays its cells and medieval spaces, incorporating stories from the French Revolution into Halloween festivities.
Paris, France
The Père Lachaise Cemetery offers night tours that allow visitors to explore the graves of notable figures. Guides recount the lives and works of the artists, writers, and historical personalities buried there. The walks lead through the tree-lined paths of this 19th-century Parisian cemetery.
Nantes, France
Visitors uncover the legends and paranormal stories linked to this medieval fortress during evening themed tours.
Chantilly, France
The estate offers lantern tours in its historic rooms, allowing discovery of collections and paintings under special lighting.
Paris, France
This museum adapts its installations for Halloween with light shows, distorting mirrors, and sensory effect rooms.
Paris, France
The museum showcases over 70 attractions and optical illusions in a course adapted for Halloween celebrations.
Paris, France
The wax characters are staged in a special Halloween setting with sound effects and modified lighting.